Political commitment is aesthetically preferable to apolitical liberalism even when misguided

Evidence

I know I will be misunderstood if I add that I have some sneaking admiration for Heidegger’s attempt at political commitment, and find the attempt itself morally and aesthetically preferable to apolitical liberalism (provided its ideals remain unrealized). — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 565

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A prickly, defensible stance: choosing a side and committing is more estimable than withdrawing from politics entirely.
• DEEPTHINKING: Grade A provocation from Jameson — the parenthetical (‘provided its ideals remain unrealized’) is doing enormous compressional work about the ethics of ideas versus actions.
• XREF: connects to: Kantian theorists wrongly seek an apolitical viewpoint to guarantee liberal democracy’s superiority — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 304